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Patented Dec. 5, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK n. MUNN, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,428, dated December 5, 1882,-

' Application filed April 5, 1882. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. MUNN, of Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented an Improvement in Signs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,

'clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part. of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a front view of the sign com plete. Fig. 2 is a front view of the recessed bed-frame with the glass plate removed. Fig. 3 is a view of the glass plate with the goldleaf or letter-color applied to the back face of the same. Fig. 4 is a detail showing a separate pane of glass for each letter. Fig. 5 is a transverse section through line 00-00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a transverse section through line y y of Fig. 2. d

My invention relates to improvements in gilded or silvered signs; and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, or represents the wooden frame, bed, or bodyof myimproved sign, in the l'ront face of which is formed a recess, 1), preferably of rectangular form, adapted to receive a strip of glass, c, providedwith asphaltum or other adhesive material on its edges. -The strip.pf glass 0 is gilded, silvered, or painted on its back face with a surface of color 0 which is to representthe form of the letter, and is then inlaid in the recess 1) in the wooden body wot the sign, theiront face of the glass being preferably flush with the front face of the wooden body of the sign. The margins of the letters of the sign are then formed or cut in by paipting around them on the front of the glass with any desired color, forming a filling, dflvhich gives the form ot'the letter to the gilded or silvered background on the glass. This filling surrounding the margin of the letters may have its margins shaded, to give a shade or embellishment to the letter, and it may also be covered while yet sticky with flock or sand.

Instead of employing a single strip of glass,

0, having its back face gilded or silvered, separate pieces of glassgc, Fig. 4, one for each letgold-leaf or other valuable material is used for the letters the whole of the back face of the glass need not be covered by such gold-leaf, but only enough of the leaf put on to give form to the letter. When, however, the whole of the back of the glass is covered with the gilt or letter-color the character or name of the sign may be readily changed by simply rubbing off the outer coat of paint without sacrificing the gold-leaf or destroying'the sign,

and the old sign then repainted with another name by simply forming or cutting in a new name by a filling of paint around the letters on the front of the glass. By this construction'the sign can readily be made, and is extremely ornamental.

What I claim as my invention is 1.,A sign composed of the combination of a frame or bed and a transparent plate set in the same, having the letter-color or gilt on its inner face, and a filling applied upon its front face to form the margins of the letter, as de scribed.

2. In asign, the combination, with the wooden body a, provided with a recess, 1), in its vered, or painted on its back face and inlaid in said recess, anda filling on its front face to form the margins of the letters,.substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In asign,the combination, with the wooden body a, provided with a recess, 12, in its front face, of the separate pieces or panes of glass 0, one for each letter of the sign, each gilded or silvered on its back face and inlaid in said recess, and the external filling, d, placed on the front face to form the-margins of the letters, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

FRANK E. MUNN, Witnesses:

H. HAMILTON, O. B. WELLBORN.

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